Burbage continues their 10th season with the topical and “apocalyptic” dark comedy The Squirrels by Robert Askins. Social commentary and the animal kingdom collide in this wickedly funny play set in the hollow of a tree with actors portraying the titular arboreal rodents in full costume. The Squirrels runs from April 21 through May 15 at the  Wendy Overly Studio Theatre, 59 Blackstone Avenue, Pawtucket, RI.

Scurius, the patriarch of a family of gray squirrels, has collected enough nuts to last ten winters. When a group of starving fox squirrels begs him to share his hoard of food, animosity erupts into a ferocious war. The Squirrels is a boundary-pushing, darkly satirical look at wealth inequality in which no creature comes out unscathed.

Performance Dates/Times: Thu, Apr 21st, 2022 at 8:00 pm Preview
Fri, Apr 22nd, 2022 at 8:00 pm Preview
Sat, Apr 23rd, 2022 at 8:00 pm Pay-What-You-Can
Sun, Apr 24th, 2022 at 2:00 pm Preview
Fri, Apr 29th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sat, Apr 30th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sun, May 1st, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Fri, May 6th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sat, May 7th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sun, May 8th, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Fri, May 13th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sat, May 14th, 2022 at 8:00 pm
Sun, May 15th, 2022 at 2:00 pm